I like Kendrick okay. But I like listening to a lot of the lazy rappers ruining hiphop even more.

Also his list of legends makes me feel old.

The reason no one is responding is because what is there to respond to?

Kendrick is too friendly with all of the guys he named to say anything.

Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:36 pm

NeuroA champion of Kurtis SP

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i guess its not really a diss, its more of a shoulder check, like hey wtf step it up, enough is enough type deal

still waiting though..,....

Sat Aug 24, 2013 10:40 pm

futuristxen

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What are you waiting for?

Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:24 pm

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futuristxen wrote: The reason no one is responding is because what is there to respond to?

I agree with the overall sentiment of your post, but I have no idea about what you say when you say "no one is responding." If you mean that the (FEW) high profile people he mentioned in the verse aren't responding, OK. But I don't remember the last time a rapper was able to get so many "response" songs ever. Let alone based on one relatively mediocre verse. So many responses that I'll never hear them all as it's hardly worth the time it would take to listen to them.

Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:25 pm

NeuroA champion of Kurtis SP

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futuristxen wrote: What are you waiting for?

the shoulder check is in place

the responses are happening but nothin worth while

there needs to be a shoulder check back

Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:26 pm

futuristxen

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Sage Francis wrote:

futuristxen wrote: The reason no one is responding is because what is there to respond to?

I agree with the overall sentiment of your post, but I have no idea about what you say when you say "no one is responding." If you mean that the (FEW) high profile people he mentioned in the verse aren't responding, OK. But I don't remember the last time a rapper was able to get so many "response" songs ever. Let alone based on one relatively mediocre verse. So many responses that I'll never hear them all as it's hardly worth the time it would take to listen to them. I know that much.

Yeah I meant of the rappers named. The rest is more a response to how viral it went. Its like gangham style for rappers ive never heard of right now. And that's interesting for sure.

Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:30 pm

futuristxen

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Neuro wrote:

futuristxen wrote: What are you waiting for?

the shoulder check is in place

the responses are happening but nothin worth while

there needs to be a shoulder check back

What is a shoulder check?

Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:34 pm

NeuroA champion of Kurtis SP

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The act of intentionally bumping another person's shoulder with your own shoulder as you walk past them. It is meant as a display of open aggression or simple disrespect depending on how roughly the shoulder check is performed.
Janet shoulder checked Denise on her way out, hoping for a fight.

Sat Aug 24, 2013 11:44 pm

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why are we fighting?

Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:35 am

Limbs

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I don't think he was listing "legends". He was listing his contemporaries. His immediate "competition". Why would he say he's trying to murder Kool G Rap?

Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:18 am

futuristxen

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Limbs wrote: I don't think he was listing "legends". He was listing his contemporaries. His immediate "competition". Why would he say he's trying to murder Kool G Rap?

I believe you will find two lists in the song. And that one list is more applicable to what I said than the one you chose.

I'm just saying its weird to hear Andre 3000. Eminem. And jay-z as legends. It speaks to the fact Kendrick is a little younger than me.

Its like rappers who mystify bone thugs and harmony.

So surreal.

Sun Aug 25, 2013 8:52 am

Limbs

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He hears people argue about who's the greatest in barbershops. Was that his list of the greatest? I don't know but who cares. They are names people today know. He's demanding their audience.

Sun Aug 25, 2013 10:14 am

futuristxen

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He's demanding their audience? Ha.
I don't agree with the swwagger you and Neuro are attributing to Kendrick or this song.

I mean when you compare this to something like the takeover, it's just so blunted, imprecise, and cowardly. Going back even farther to like any major diss song in hiphop history, this is just weak.

He doesn't diss a single rapper by name in the entire song. The guys he names are all on some "I want to be better than you" which isn't even a diss.

Jay on Takeover was just straight up "I already AM better than you, Nas"

And that actually did cause Nas to raise his game.

This is like maybe on the level of I used to Love H.E.R. in terms of what it's actually saying, and how hard it is actually calling anything out. maybe not even that.

I think this diss is actually emblematic of the very things he's complaining about, and that people in general are complaining about in hiphop today.

A mealymouthed diss that is more about not really burning his connections buried behind a bunch of wack rappers...yeah he's saving hiphop here. Brave stuff.

Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:33 pm

Limbs

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You missed the part where I personally don't have strong feelings for the verse one way or the other. Sure it was fine. I listened a couple more times just because and no it's not good enough to spend much time defending. But I think his body of work allows for a pretty simple, straightforward verse. He's demanding those other rappers audiences like that. I don't think the verse is a diss. I don't think Kendrick does either. It was a feature verse that shook the genre. That's pretty cool coming from someone who deserves it. Kendrick demands a wide audience.

I don't know about "saving hiphop". It is what it is. But I like hiphop a lot and it's really cool to see someone widely celebrated for doing it well.